ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Acknowledgment is that formal declaration before an authorized official, by the person who executed the instrument, that it is his free act and deed.

It consists in a certificate by an officer generally attested by an official seal, stating in the substance that the person named therein was known to and before him and acknowledged the instrument to be his act and deed.

INSTRUMENTS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED
Deeds Conveyances Mortgages Lease Release and Discharge Affecting Lands whether registered under Act 496 or underegistered

Acknowledgment is a personal act An instrument can not be acknowledged by a person other than the one who executed it.

Acknowledgment of instrument of two or more pages and/or covering two or more parcels of land

- Two or more pages includes the page where the acknowledgment is written - Each page must be signed on the left margin by the person/s executing the instrument and their witnesses - Seal must appear - Such fact must appear on the acknowledgm